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committee could be in hearings as early as tomorrow as to what the fbi learn whtd agency interviewed tamerlan in 201 california senator feinstein chair that had committee. >> did he sit in his aunt and uncle's home for six months or doing something snels when he came back, why didn't it ring a bell with fbi inzwrenls unit that he should be checked out? >> investigators looking into whether tammerlan may have been involved in a homicide of a former roommate and two others. the murders took place around the 10th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. >> tammerlan tsarnaev's wife is in seclusion in her
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parent's home, catherine russell apparently lirned her husband was a suspect last week. her family says the family is struggling to cope. >> the family is going through a lot. so that is the best i can do right there. >> this is video of russell on friday. she and tsarnaev married three yearsing ayoi, she converted to islam and gave birth to her daughter. her friends reportedly said sarn was reportedly controlling her and she dropped out of college after meeting him. >> 11-year-old aaron hern received a visit from three members of the oakland a's. a's in town to play red sox. last week michelle ob wrauma paid aaron a visit, he's
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recovering because of surgeries because of shrapnel in his left leg. >> you can get the latest developments on our web site. >> you can also follow us on twitter. >> market street could be soon lined with more security cameras. the chief says it would be -- he's going to make a push for the plan. the mayor told abc 7 news this something that needs to be discussed. >> learning how invaluable it is capturing details of the boston bombings. i don't want to suggest we're invading privacy anymore than it s but if we have ability to make people safer that conversation needs a discussion. >> there are cameras on market street. they're reviewed after a crime
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is reported. >> tracking breaking news in richmond. sky 7 hd is above foods co there. we're told a repairman was working on a froen leak when that explosion happened. stay with us for more on this breaking news. >> turn together forecast now. and it's great to be outside. warm and sunny. >> temperatures heating up around the bay area. people on pier 39 enjoying dining watching the ship as long the bay go by. spencer, any records today? >> there is a look, you can see the coast is clear, we've got coastal fog developing around monterey bay and santa cruz beginning to push up the
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coastline. cooler air is on the way. it's been a warm day today with records as mentioned. there is a look at high temperatures so far in santa rosa. san francisco, sfo, i should say, 82 degrees is the high for the date. highs into upper 80s to near 90 degrees, right now looking live from our high definition camera, take a look at readings coming down in san francisco to 73 degrees now. 88 in mountain view. 87 napa. still warm. 91 in los gatos that. is the warmest reading at this moment.
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into evening hours, sunny start but mild, upper 40s to low 60s and highs again tomorrow into low to mid-80s into warmest spots. another warm day. larry, carrow sflin. >> thank you. >> happening now in the south bay, san jose police detectives investigating the city's 14th homicide of the year authorities found a man suffering from a stab wound. the man pronounced dead at the scene. homicide investigators have not releel veel aid motive yet. >> police looking for this man suspected of killing a man saturday night. the 26-year-old michael sutar considered armed and dangerous. tailor died sunday morning this, is the second homicide this year. >> a little league in vallejo
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shut down after a shooting will resume the game this evening. a security company offered to open the games. the games suspended after a tee ball game ended in gunfire. parents decided to try to continue continue the season. the ceo of integrity protective services says his company will provide free security for games. >> the there is a move to ban big gaugerings on april 20th from now on. >> this is after the park was trashed over the weekend for the 4:20 celebration over the weekend. >> the meadow looks good now. it's clean and it took mus dwrol put it back in change. it's an anal high for marijuana lovers called 4:20.
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on this april 20th15,000 gathered in golden gate park to celebrate pot. >> and this is the aftermath. rec and park started at 6:30 cleaning up what officials estimate was 9760 pounds of trash. this woman tells us she was there enjoying the vibe but not the mountains of mess. >> i'm not putting them as lazy and dirty marijuana smokers but i was concerned about the lawn. after the environmental impact. >> the celebration happens every year, it's not a permitted event where the city work was organizers or charges fees. so it's costing taxpayers at least $10,000 for the clean up and keep in mind smoking of
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any kind is illegal in city park autos there are some questions about whether this is an appropriate event to be permitted in parks but when people use our parks they need to pack it in, pack it out. >> i prefer we prevent this from happening in the future. >> marijuana is illegal. i don't necessarily think there is something that can be done other than making sure there is enforcement to stop the event from happening altogether. >> by the way denver pot party ended in gunfire injuring through people. we'll see what mayor ed lee has to say. >> still ahead a bay area student showing her work tote
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president today. >> a new mission to mars for amateur astronauts but you'll have to make a sacrifice if you're interested. >> then at 4:30 there are the super stars of the tech world how computer coders are taking a cue from hollywood. >> and taking a look at traffic right now on the san francisco skyway, very heavy for drivers making their way through the area here onto the bay bridge heading east. not quite as heavy for drivers heading south.
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the event paurt of an effort to exel in stem su subjects. >> you've got a country behind you as you pursue your dreams and your success is going to be ours as well. all right? so, way to go. >> she was awarded her project that uses led rights to -- lights. very nice. >> interesting. >> flow sloeing iphone sales may drag down apple's earnings
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reports and house of cards driving up net flix earnings. >> emily chang is live with today's of after the bell report. hi, emily. >> good afternoon. house of cards stacked the deck in net flix's favor. the the earnings report smashes forecasts with profits soaring. the streaming service added two million new customers due in partd to popularity of the political drama "house of cards". sticking with earnings. apple out with its quarterly report and the pressure is on. according to estimates apple's quarterly profits may fall thanks for slowing iphone sales adding further pain tt stock tumbling 25% this year. cbs is escalating it's fight with the internet tv start up ario buying a stake in rifle
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sync back letting tv stations stream programming online. stocks higher today, rebounding after the loss which was the worst weekly performance for s and p in five months. your bloomberg silicon valley led by yahoo and apple slayers. the white house releasing it's first videos on vine. the videos promote the white house science fair. at bloomberg studios in san francisco, larry, carolyn, back to you. >> thank you. >> a nonprofit organization about to start looking for people who want to colonists on mars. you can expect there are wrinkles here. >> one giant one. another one plans to tart taking applications in july. the trip scheduled for for 2023. here is the run.
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it's part of a reality television program and have you to stay there forever. a flight back to earth is not part of the offer. are you still interested? if you are, you should know a science degree is not required. >> no sending kids off to mars. >> carolyn, who would think of a thing? there is a rum skbror a nomination box upstairs. spencer leading it. >> you'll ask what planet are you from, i can tell which planet they're going to. numerous highs around the bay area. here is a peak of the warmth. here is a look at live doppler 7. fog return together coast. creeping up the coastline we'll see cooling but clear tonight.
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patchy fog near the coast. warm around the bay. not as warm as today. cooler pattern as we continue to see a shift under what's happening now. here is a look at high pressure in control. clear skies, warm conditions and pattern will be dry for the week but not quite so warm. the fog starts moving nup our direction overnight and tomorrow. lows tonight will be into low 50s but there is a fog moving northward tomorrow bringing cooling to coastal areas. remains warm inindland you can see cooler conditions in pacifica tomorrow. here in san francisco, cooler, around bay shore line will be warm. not at record levels. highs in the south bay low 80s. 83 in san jose. upper 70s to low 80s on the
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peninsula mid-60s on the coast tomorrow. downtown san francisco high of 72 tomorrow. we had 82 today. 66 in the sunset district. north bay highs into low 80s near east bay highs tomorrow 80 in oakland. inland east bay will be seeing low to mid-80s. and here is the accu-weather forecast. cooling continues throughout the end of the week, coolest day will be thursday. mid-70s inland. then we'll warm up over the weekend but not to record levels as today. just going to be a mild trend. >> i've heard mars is lovely this time of the year. >> i'll be checking the accu-weather forecast from there. going to be warm. >> yes. >> very. >> oscar winning actress reese witherspoon doing damage
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control today whachl she is saying about her arrest during a traffic stop. >> then a a.polling accepted. a special
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a court appearance scheduled today for actress reese witherspoon. a state trooper arrested her on disorderly conduct saying she refused to obey orders
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when her husband was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence at one point the officer says she hung from the car window telling the trooper she did not believe he was a real police officer. a noted criminal defense attorney does not think charges will stick. >> think of this as an abusive arrest there is no legal basis for it. i think it will be dismissed before it gets to court. >> witherspoon refused to talk about the incident at the premier of her movie but in a statement she apologized and said she was embarrass bid her behavior and for disrespecting the officer who was just doing his duty. >> tom cruise with reason to celebrate. >> here is rachel smith with on the red carpet. >> it's monday, everyone. back street boys are celebrating a star on the walk of fame. the boy band attracted fan who's flooded streets to watch the special ceremony.
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since 1993 they have sold 130 million albums world wide. >> tom cruise dominated the box office his thriller "oblivion" took in $38.2 million. this is the first number one opening for cruise in seven years, and it's a big day for sonia haddock spearheading alternative travel project encouragings everyone to go car free. >> just dedicate one day, that is huge there is a huge impact. everyone just dedicated one day without a car. >> and had for more celebrity headlines picks and video goes to otrc.com.
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>> still ahead at 4:00 an oregon father does something unthinkable to shield himself during a police standoff. >> also, traveling delays. air traffic controllers now facing furloughs. >> and rebuilding in texas and live returning to normal for residents after last week's deadly plant e
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thousands of applicants getting a chance to work for what will be the sonoma county's biggest employers. >> interviews began node ron york park. >> that is where wayne freed sman now. this is just the first day of interviews. >> just first day. they saw about 100 people today. the rate in sonoma county is about 7.3%. so yes there is a lot of interest. and who will be working in that building behind me. it's a process most of us know, getting interviewed for a job. >> what is the market like out there? >> tough, it seems i've been applying to places and had a few other interviews but nobody offered anything yet. >> but he and others like him
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came to this office hoping maybe it would be different this time. >> there are enough openings. >> we're going to hire 2000. >> we've got a long way to go. >> and there is a company out of las vegas. the $800 billion -- million resort rises job applicants came to see and be seen. >> wendel white showed up hoping to work on the slot machines. >> it's hard to get one spot and be one they're looking for. >> security people for the slot department. >> this evening sounds perfect for kristin, she's a stay at
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home mother of two. >> so i can have social interaction with adults again that. is how it will change my flif a nut shell. >> she says getting away from kids no one was hired today. casino will be looking at applications for quite a while they asked her to go to that school to be a dealer. wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news is teeming up for a hire event tomorrow and they're looking to fill 300 jobs from engineering to retail and education. >> in washington temperatures rose on a hearing on immigration reform and
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criticize add tempts to delay action on immigration bill. >> i say that those pointing to what happened, the terrible tragedy in boston as a -- i would say, excuse for not doing a bill or delaying it many months per year. >> i never satisfied sedz that. >> i didn't say did you. >> i didn't say you did, sir. >> i didn't say that. >> i last week says the boston bombings raised gaps. and the white house announced the president and first lady who live in texas and the devastated community of west. there are signs of recovery after the explosion, school back in session for the first
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time and the explosion leveled homes and businesses 14 people were killed and 11 emergency responders and 200 others were injured. >> an oregon man accused of using his infant son as an human shield over the weekend. police tried to arrest him on saturday. he then jumped a fence and hid in his sister's house. he came outside, deputies say he was holding up his 10-month-old son. the baby was not hurt. police say reynolds was also arrested in february after he accidentally dialed 911 during a drug deal. >> if you have travel plans be prepare forward delays at the airport. there have been furloughs for 47,000 airport employees. what about the west coast?
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amy hollyfield is here with more. >> talk of furloughs air traffic controllers has travelers feeling confused, after checking on flights. >> it says on time but also says to look out for the three-hour delay. so i don't know. >> l.a. did experience delays last night. the first day of the cuts. one traveler says he sat on the tarmac for an hour. >> they said that the flight was cancelled then voted whether they'll be able to reroute to fresno. we're taking a cab from fresno back to los angeles at 1:00 in the the morning. >> they asked the air traffic controllers to take a furlough day to save $600 million. >> a spoke manz says impact will vary. >> today we're not seeing affects it might be something like weather. it might be a different story. >> a lot will depend on
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passenger, weather, and scheduling and other airports. we didn't find delays today we had no trouble finding opinions. >> all cuts are difficult. if you get the budget back to lower government expenses i think it's worth it. painful, but worth it. >> i think it's going to you put more stress on people in the air traffic control and i don't think it's right. >> faa says this will not impact safety. the advice during this is check on the flight before head together airport we've got a link to a beb site that will do that for you so go to abc 7 news.com and click on see it on tv. at sfo, abc 7 news. >> mountain view company's efforts to develop bio fuel is getting a boost from the obama
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administration. the energy department awarded $2.5 million to cobalt technologies. this to test bio fuels for fuels for jets and ships part of the efforts to advance bio fuel technologies to bring down costs. a and identify effective processing technique that's don't come from food stock. >> up next yosemite park rangers welcome back a young girl who stole or borrowed two sticks what. she did on her visit. >> the search for computer programmers is competitive and how the super geniuses are taking a page to get the first deal. >> we can see clear conditions now but costal fog is making a come back. >> this is the traffic at 4:36. 680 north is oncoming traffic
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slowing down just a bit as it normally does. going southbound back towards walnut creek and 24. stay with us.
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a young girl who took two sticks and then mailed back two sticks from vos sem ti has
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made am yends to mother nature. the rangers responded to the letter. >> she wrote she was a junior park ranger and knew not to take things and picked a spot to return the sticks back to earth. >> she named one of the sticks tree because it looked like a tree trunk to her n hawaii local woz tell visitors don't lake lava rock from the big island because it will made mad yaum pele angry. you won't like mad yaum pele when she's angry. >> here is a look at live doppler 7. we've got sunny skies from coast to inland. some record highs and fog going to bring us cooling tomorrow, it's filling in and moving up around the coastline tomorrow, cooler conditions at the coast and warm inland
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tomorrow. this evening, giants taking on arizona diamond backs bright and mild at game time. 66 degrees. so great baseball weather. showers, st. louis in chicago. quiet over the nation there could be light snow showers near denver, tomorrow, sunny skies and mild. highs into mid 80s in chico and sacramento. fog return dofgt, cooler on the coast highs into mid-60s but that is mild this time of the year. around the year upper 70s to low 80s. so another warm day but dmot expect record highs tomorrow, there will be further cooling
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getting into the week. >> thank you. >> up next environmental lesson for students in one elementary school. this earth day. >> also, what can you do to save money on your cable bill?
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last week's horrific boston marathon bombings throughout race off course for many but one group refused to leave the finish line. they were determined not to let attacks stop them in their tracks so this morning they donned their race bibs and ran the last few blocks in boston. many running on behalf of charities. >> running to finish to represent important people and causes and incredible stories around country. ask we want that to be lost in the chaos that followed. >> coming up at 6:00 we'll go live to chrissy field where some locals are taking nart a grass roots race happening throughout the country. >> korts partnered with 7 on your side on ways to save money on your cable bill.
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>> to save on tv, internet and phone, many people get all three from the same company. these triple plays get discounts but only for a limited time. the bills then shoot back up. but consumer reports says there are ways to save. >> when lita saw a jump in her monthly bill she took action. >> i did see my bill was too high, i picked up the phone. >> she asked her company about dropping some channels as a way to save. >> she said oh. no. no. we have a special going on you can get premium accounts hbo. i said i'm trying to save, trying to go down. >> in the end lita managed to add hbo and other channels and still save $20 a month.
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>> 44% of those who bargained got up to 50s aids month off the bill. 7% got a bigger discount. >> if you use your cell phone more than your home phone some companies are letting you make a triple play with cell phone instaefd a land line. if you want to keep both several providers offering quad plays to let you add service, too. >> explore options. your situation charges you and might be paying for service if you don't use that much. >> lita tries to negotiate any time there is a increase. >> i'm going make the call. >> here is a negotiating tip. if you fail to get what you want from the representative ask to speak with the customer retention department them. may be more willing as long as you're willing to negotiate.
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>> the nation's biggest banks about to roll out next generation of atms. including live vaido -- video chatting or getting change. the bank says machines will be able to pesh r.perform about 80% of the service autos students in one school got a different kind of lesson today, workers from allied waste were at bay shore elementary school to teach kids how to recycle school lunch this, is part of a new program to reduce lunchtime garbage. >> took pictures of the food they ate. what they would identify with. and then, i made a poster of
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food waste that would be recycling and compost then garbage. >> kpofting saves over 2,000s aids year in costs. >> we know rock bands have managers but how about computer programmers? >> the competition is so fierce there is a talent agency for super stars of the tech world. >> i met mangers in new york that used to represent john mayer. we hit it skpof realized what they do for clients would be useful for me as a freelance programmer. >> the co-founder of 10 x management, a talent examination for programmers. the name means awesome its someone 10 times more
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productive. these people, this has been proven. >> they're the best of the best. that is the only kind of programmer he represents. >> it's hard to go to a bar in this city and to tell someone i'm software engineer. >> what he wants are the right offers, freelance work on the side while working on a start up. >> someone comes up to you you're like talk to my agent. >> the tech business isn't like show business but for a growing company the need to get talent into the door quickly means the model can work. >> sometimes this makes many months to find good engineers and to find them, then bring them on board. >> so store short projects they started hiring through 10 x. >> what is it like negotiating with a agent?
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it was a little bit strange but you get used to it. >> ben says it speeds up hiring. he knows he's getting someone good. the programmer are paid 15% of the wages for having someone else do negotiating. >> do you miss 15%? >> no. no. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> still ahead an art controversy. >> why some residents are upset with what bart is dwoing a project in the mission district. >> in the newsroom coming up at 5:00 the president raised a lot of money coming to atherton but now that town telling white house it wants something in return. find out what. and the building blitz making housing affordable for some in the bay area, what owners mau agree to before move nchlgt those stories and more co
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bart station at 24th and mission streets undergoing a face lift. >> construction began today and the plaza will include art work reflective of the mission district but the selection process turned controversial in that neighborhood. >> we learned about this issue in a recent listens meeting at the mission cultural center in san francisco. >> abc 7 news host that had discussion and explains efforts to bring local art to bart. >> san francisco mission district hz been a open cabinet for many. >> there is -- the mission now is known as one of the top 12 art places of the nation. >> angie is with a nonprofit stud yoi helping artists display work. so when announcing they're looking for works of art for the plaza on 24th and street. many thought the agency would
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pick someone local. >> there is only like five or six submissions and we were one. they didn't select any of them. >> susan is a well known artist in the mission. >> by 2012 a panel narrowed the selection process now, only three artists were competing for work. two from los angeles, one from san rafael. that infuriated some in this community but bart officials told abc 7 news the money the agency receives for the project says bart cannot hire an artist based only on location. >> you can't hire someone without an open and fair process.
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>> and the art has to be durable. because the community rejected the three outsiders the agency now decided to reopen the selection process. we want to get this right and make this into a space reflective of the community. >> a group of artists got together to create the art for bart commission. >> we can produce quality art. we have that in our institution. >> this is what the plaza will look like. hoping one will be awarded the project worth about $160,000. in the mission abc 7 news.
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>> if your group would like to team up to host our next abc 7 listens meeting just go to our community page. >> that is going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> abc 7 news begins right now. >> and thank you. the busy san francisco streets could be lined with security cameras. that helped nab the boston bomber. >> live from the roof of the kgotv center record-setting news today. how high your temperatures got and where they're heading this week coming up. >> and what that town from atherton wants from the white house after the president raised big bucks there.
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>> a reopening of the boylston street. colored paint shows the crime scene. >> this comes as a terror plot against a passenger train is derailed. good evening. >> canadian authorities warn people could have been killed if the plot had been carried out. >> the police arrested this man and another person after a operation showing they were trying to derail a crowded passenger train. >> this was support bid an al qaeda cell based in iran but there is no evidence suggesting the country was involved in planning at tack. >> we are alleging these two took steps to initiate a terrorist attack. they watched trail trains and railways. in the greater toronto area.
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>> the rcmp says there are no apparent ties between the men and the bombing suspects. >> one week after the bombings the surviving suspect faces charges in the attack charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. unable to speak because of a throat wound is he answering investigators questions in writing. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests he and his brother were motivated by religion but not tied to islamic terrorist groups. >> today the fbi turned boylston street open to the side of the bombings. the 180 injured and four who died were honored today. at 2:50 this afternoon eastern
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time the moment the bombing happened. funeral services held for crystal campbell. doctors say it appears the injured will vifr. another big day for the injured in the bombing. an 11-year-old received a visit from oakland a's. last week, remember, aaron had a visit from michelle obama. aaron is recovering after several sushlg surgeries. here is a lack at people gathered for a memorial run at chrissy fee.d hundreds have signed up for the run tonight. we'll have a live report on abc 7 news tonight at 9:00.
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>> san francisco police chief inspired by quick results in tracking the boston bombings through surveillance video. and this could be controversial. >> you're right. there is the potential for violating someone's privacy rights but after the boston bombings safety appears to be the major concern among those we've interviewed here, today. a camera catches a man who stole a $200,000 picasso. in san jose two, would be burglaries -- burglars caught trying to break into a house. now the police chief wants them up and down market street. >> to

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